Pro boxers who compete in Rio will lose titles
Pro boxers who compete at this year's Olympics will be stripped of their International Boxing Federation titles, the IBF said.
|||Professional boxers who compete at this year's Olympics will be stripped of their International Boxing Federation titles, the IBF said in a statement on Monday.
Professional boxers were given the green light to compete at the Aug. 5-21 Rio Games earlier this month but the IBF is unhappy with the decision and said there was an inherent safety risk with professionals competing against amateurs.
Reuters